[Bug 531556] Re: [Lucid] Blank Screen after login

2010-04-22 Thread Sebastien Bacher
Closing since the submitter said it has been fixed and the comments seem a collection of plymouth and intel driver issues, if you still have an issue on current lucid open a new bug ** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Low ** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed =

[Bug 531556] Re: [Lucid] Blank Screen after login

2010-04-02 Thread Dave Hope
@Alberto, Thanks - that also worked for me. -- [Lucid] Blank Screen after login https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/531556 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list

[Bug 531556] Re: [Lucid] Blank Screen after login

2010-04-02 Thread Alberto Fernández
After updating to 2.6.32-19-generic I can login without the black screen even with kms. -- [Lucid] Blank Screen after login https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/531556 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. --

Re: [Bug 531556] Re: [Lucid] Blank Screen after login

2010-04-02 Thread Bjorn Ramberg
2.6.32-19-generic is working for me as well. I noticed that during my last upgrade that /etc/modprobe.d/i915-kms.conf was updated to the following content: options i915 modeset=1 So maybe that's what fixed it... 2010/4/2 Alberto Fernández uni...@gmail.com: After updating to  2.6.32-19-generic

[Bug 531556] Re: [Lucid] Blank Screen after login

2010-03-31 Thread Alberto Fernández
I have the same problem with a macbook 2,1. I can login into the desktop if I disable KMS with: echo options i915 modeset=0 /etc/modprobe.d/i915-kms.conf -- [Lucid] Blank Screen after login https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/531556 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 531556] Re: [Lucid] Blank Screen after login

2010-03-30 Thread Bjorn Ramberg
whwi: that text says that the screen goes black before gdm shows up. I'm seeing this after login through gdm. Also, the backlighting is on. Therefor, I suspect this has nothing to do with a bad lid status. What do you think? Anyway, bad_lid_status[] seems to have been removed a few days ago from

[Bug 531556] Re: [Lucid] Blank Screen after login

2010-03-29 Thread Bjorn Ramberg
Yes, deleting intel_drv.so seems to work. Will do until bug is fixed. Thanks Wayne. I should probably add that, as for Wayne Crannell, the desktop showed for a few seconds the first time i logged in. But as soon as it went black, it stayed black. -- [Lucid] Blank Screen after login

[Bug 531556] Re: [Lucid] Blank Screen after login

2010-03-29 Thread Dave Hope
If this bug is in the intel driver, does the bug need to be assigned to one of the xserver-xorg packages (presumably xserver-xorg-video-intel) rather than GDM ? -- [Lucid] Blank Screen after login https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/531556 You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 531556] Re: [Lucid] Blank Screen after login

2010-03-29 Thread whwi
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-x/2010-March/000863.html === Intel No Display After Lid Close Quirks: i915/intel_lvds.c === A common problem on Intel is laptop lids that incorrectly report their status. This can result in the display turning black after the splash screen but before

[Bug 531556] Re: [Lucid] Blank Screen after login

2010-03-28 Thread Bjorn Ramberg
This bug affects my Macbook2,1 in the same way. Tried both upgrading from karmic and clean installation with the same result. The system is not frozen; I can for example change screen brightness and see the backlight change. I noticed that if I plugin an external monitor and then press the

[Bug 531556] Re: [Lucid] Blank Screen after login

2010-03-28 Thread Wayne Crannell
I can also confirm this with a MacBook 2,1. The difference is that when I boot the Live CD, I can actually get to the desktop. I've tried both an update from Karmic and a full install from the CD (without booting to the live CD). I'm now trying a full wipe and install from the liveCD. Interesting

[Bug 531556] Re: [Lucid] Blank Screen after login

2010-03-28 Thread Wayne Crannell
OKvery interesting After two installs (one update from Karmic and then one format and install straight off the CD), I tried booting into the LiveCD which worked. From there, I formatted my Linux partition in gparted and then installed from the CD desktop. Voila. Full boot into Lucid

[Bug 531556] Re: [Lucid] Blank Screen after login

2010-03-28 Thread Wayne Crannell
UPDATE: During a reboot, I dropped into the terminal from GRUB and did an update/upgrade. The result was a load of changes (300+). On the reboot, I got the following warning after about 30 seconds on the desktop: Sorry, the program apport-gpu-error-intel.py closed unexpectedly. An attempt to

[Bug 531556] Re: [Lucid] Blank Screen after login

2010-03-28 Thread Wayne Crannell
UPDATE SInce it appears, from other posts, to be an Intel driver issue, I booted into recovery mode and deleted: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so Booted right up (very fast) and has been running for about 10 minutes. -- [Lucid] Blank Screen after login

[Bug 531556] Re: [Lucid] Blank Screen after login

2010-03-24 Thread Dave Hope
I can confirm that when booting the my 9.10 kernel (2.6.31-20-generic) the problem does not occur. Yet when booting the current Lucid kernel the black screen occurs. -- [Lucid] Blank Screen after login https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/531556 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 531556] Re: [Lucid] Blank Screen after login

2010-03-22 Thread Dave Hope
This also effects me, same symptoms described above. GDM loads, sound plays. As soon as I login systems locks up, CTRL-ALT-F1 etc don't work, caps lock light doesn't come on etc. I've tried removing compiz-gnome and restarting GDM (suggested on the forums) by switching using CTRL-ALT-F1 prior to

[Bug 531556] Re: [Lucid] Blank Screen after login

2010-03-22 Thread whwi
when i boot with the old stable kernel 2.6.31-20-generic #57-Ubuntu SMP all works fine with the lucid kernel after gdm login i get a white screen -- [Lucid] Blank Screen after login https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/531556 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 531556] Re: [Lucid] Blank Screen after login

2010-03-22 Thread Petr Tomeš
I've done a clean install beta 1 amd 64 lucid on the second notebook and I can not see that bug again. -- [Lucid] Blank Screen after login https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/531556 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in

[Bug 531556] Re: [Lucid] Blank Screen after login

2010-03-15 Thread Jim Rorie
I'm not seeing this after the recent set of updates. -- [Lucid] Blank Screen after login https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/531556 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list

[Bug 531556] Re: [Lucid] Blank Screen after login

2010-03-11 Thread Dan Andreșan
Same behavior here as #8 on an nVidia 6200 card (with proprietary drivers). Pressing Return will redisplay the greeter, this time visible (I know it is a redisplay, because I can hear the sound). Ubuntu Lucid up-to-date, upgraded from Karmic where I didn't experience this problem. -- [Lucid]

[Bug 531556] Re: [Lucid] Blank Screen after login

2010-03-09 Thread Steven Harper
Attached is a very interesting greeter.log (/var/log/:0.greeter.log.1) ** Attachment added: Greeter log file with errors http://launchpadlibrarian.net/40566160/greeter.log -- [Lucid] Blank Screen after login https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/531556 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 531556] Re: [Lucid] Blank Screen after login

2010-03-09 Thread Katsudon
In my case details are slightly different: the screen is blank with a white mouse cursor and a text cursor in the upper-left corner, pressing any button causes some text to be written on the screen (but also buttons such as Alt produce some output) Pressing Ctrl-Alt-7 opens the login console.

[Bug 531556] Re: [Lucid] Blank Screen after login

2010-03-09 Thread Jim Rorie
I reinstalled from Lucid A3 and still got the error. I've also occasionally be able to get directly to the desktop. I'm wondering if this is race condition? -- [Lucid] Blank Screen after login https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/531556 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 531556] Re: [Lucid] Blank Screen after login

2010-03-07 Thread Steven Harper
I have the same behavior on my asus eeepc 4G on a clean netbook remix install of Alpha 5. I believe it is a race condition, as once it has not happened, maybe the speed of the SSD disk is highlighting this bug. When I have the blank screen (with just a promt in the top corner) I hit the RETURN

[Bug 531556] Re: [Lucid] Blank Screen after login

2010-03-07 Thread Petr Tomeš
I can confirm on both netbooks that the bug is not presented in Karmic Koala and this is something, where fix should definitely be released before beta of LTS. -- [Lucid] Blank Screen after login https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/531556 You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 531556] Re: [Lucid] Blank Screen after login

2010-03-07 Thread Jim Rorie
Well, it's definitely not the arrandale processor in my machine. You guys are running all different stuff. -- [Lucid] Blank Screen after login https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/531556 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in

[Bug 531556] Re: [Lucid] Blank Screen after login

2010-03-07 Thread Petr Tomeš
I've done a clean install today from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily- live/20100306/lucid-desktop-amd64.iso and I can not see that bug again. I don't know what happened. -- [Lucid] Blank Screen after login https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/531556 You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 531556] Re: [Lucid] Blank Screen after login

2010-03-04 Thread Petr Tomeš
I can confirm this bug both on Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Pro V3505 and on a msi notebook. ** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- [Lucid] Blank Screen after login https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/531556 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 531556] Re: [Lucid] Blank Screen after login

2010-03-04 Thread Jim Rorie
@Petr Do you have an Arrandale CPU with the on chip GPU? I5 or perhaps an I3? I'm wondering if this part of the cause? -- [Lucid] Blank Screen after login https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/531556 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is

[Bug 531556] Re: [Lucid] Blank Screen after login

2010-03-04 Thread Petr Tomeš
@Jim How I can find it? What file could I attach to this bug to you be able to see? Sorry, I am not much experienced in these sort of things. -- [Lucid] Blank Screen after login https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/531556 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop

[Bug 531556] Re: [Lucid] Blank Screen after login

2010-03-04 Thread Jim Rorie
open a terminal and type cat /proc/cpuinfo info.txt and attach info.txt Thanks -- [Lucid] Blank Screen after login https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/531556 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. --

[Bug 531556] Re: [Lucid] Blank Screen after login

2010-03-04 Thread Petr Tomeš
** Attachment added: info.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/40203389/info.txt -- [Lucid] Blank Screen after login https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/531556 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs

[Bug 531556] Re: [Lucid] Blank Screen after login

2010-03-04 Thread Petr Tomeš
This is from second notebook. It happens to me on both notebooks every time from alpha 2 at least. The Ctrl+Alt+Prt Scr+K helps to bring up the gdm correctly. ** Attachment added: info.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/40203645/info.txt -- [Lucid] Blank Screen after login

[Bug 531556] Re: [Lucid] Blank Screen after login

2010-03-03 Thread Jim Rorie
** Attachment added: BootDmesg.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/40097655/BootDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: CurrentDmesg.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/40097659/CurrentDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/40097660/Dependencies.txt **